Re: [PATCH v4] net: usb: rtl8150: set random MAC address when set_ethernet_addr() fails

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Oct 06 2020 - 09:10:46 EST


From: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 18:59:58 +0530

> When get_registers() fails in set_ethernet_addr(),the uninitialized
> value of node_id gets copied over as the address.
> So, check the return value of get_registers().
>
> If get_registers() executed successfully (i.e., it returns
> sizeof(node_id)), copy over the MAC address using ether_addr_copy()
> (instead of using memcpy()).
>
> Else, if get_registers() failed instead, a randomly generated MAC
> address is set as the MAC address instead.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+abbc768b560c84d92fd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tested-by: syzbot+abbc768b560c84d92fd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Petko Manolov <petkan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anant Thazhemadam <anant.thazhemadam@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.